01640nam a2200265Ia 4500 230719s2019 xx 000 0 und d 9781284142013 RT 68 H352 2019 6973 Heavey, Elizabeth Statistics for nursing/ Heavey, Elizabeth. Third edition Burlington, Massachusetts Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019. xii, 301 pages illustrations 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to statistics and levels of measurement -- Presenting data -- Descriptive statistics, probability, and measures of central tendency -- Measuring data -- Sampling methods -- Generating the research idea -- Sample size, effect size, and power -- Chi-square -- Student t-test -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Correlation coefficients -- Regression analysis -- Relative risk, odds ratio, and attributable risk This text is designed in accordance with the Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask and presents the complicated topic of statistics in an understandable manner for entry level nurses. The underlying principle of this design is to give students the opportunity to practice statistics while they learn statistics. The text accomplishes this through the inclusion of relevant clinical examples followed by end of chapter application exercises NURSING NURSING /Heavey, Elizabeth Nursing Statistical methods. Nursing research. Statistics as topic. lcc R RT CIRC 78399 78399